Hi, everyone thanks for reading the first 2 chapter. I hope you will continue to enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Mass Effect if I did the ending to Mass Effect 3 would be a million times better.


Ariana stared out of the window as the shuttle flew down to the surface of Mars doing her best to ignore Ashley and Vega. She could feel the tension in the shuttle, it was so thick that it could be cut with a knife however Ariana didn't care about that she was fully focussed on getting down to Mars and saving Liara.

A few minutes later Shepard saw the surface of the planet come into view, she felt relief flood through her, as she would be able to get out of this shuttle and kill some Cerberus troops. There was a slight thud as the shuttle landed on the planet, the impact created a small dust cloud around the shuttle, which shrouded the planet from view. While Ariana waited for the dust to settle she put her helmet on.

"Commander we've landed on the planet." The pilot informed.

"No shit Sherlock." Ariana muttered.

Ariana heard Vega try to stifle a snicker however; he failed miserably and burst out laughing which only annoyed Ariana more than she already was. She was getting desperate to take her anger out on something and if the damn shuttle door did not open soon Vega would be the victim of her rage. Thankfully, the shuttle door opened which revealed the barren surface of Mars, in the distance she could see the base where the Mars records were.

Ariana leapt out of the shuttle and landed on the surface, she heard two thuds behind her as Vega and Ashely joined her on the planet. Ariana looked over her shoulder at the pair, she could see that Ashley was staring at her in disapproval presumably, over what she just said and even though she couldn't see his face, Ariana knew that Vega was grinning like an idiot.

"I'm right behind you Commander." Vega said.

"You won't be in a minute though." Ariana replied.

Before Vega could ask what she meant Ariana sprinted away from him and Ashley, they both quickly chased after Shepard but they were unable to follow her when she sent a blast of biotic energy at the ground and launched herself on to a plateau. They watched Shepard do the same thing to fire herself over to another plateau that put her out of view. Ashley and Vega exchanged a glance and then started charging towards the Mars base hoping that they'd catch up with Shepard.


Ariana landed on the final plateau before the Mars base, looked behind her, and was pleased to see that there was no sign of Ashley or Vega. She turned her attention to the front of the base and spotted several shuttles outside the entrance to the Mars base. She pulled her 92-Mantis her back and stared down the scope hoping to get a better look at what she was going to have to deal with.

"Twelve shuttles worth of troops and they've only left four behind to defend their shuttles and stop anyone from entering the base." Ariana mumbled to herself.

Ariana aimed her sights on one of the Cerberus soldiers and squeezed the trigger; a satisfied smirk appeared on her face as she saw the soldier slump to the floor with blood pouring out of the hole her shot had made in his helmet. The three remaining soldiers crowded around the dead one and started looking around the area trying to spot whoever fired the shot. Ariana chuckled as she saw the soldiers group up while they continued to scan the area.

"This is just too easy."

Ariana retracted the Mantis and placed back on her back; she set her sights on one of the soldiers and summoned her biotic powers so she could use her favourite ability. After a few moments, she charged across the surface and slammed into one of the soldiers, which sent him flying into the distance. The shockwaves created by her slamming into the soldier knocked the two remaining men down, one of the soldiers got up quickly and went to aim his assault rifle at Shepard however, he stopped when he felt something penetrate his armour and bury itself into his gut. The soldier looked down and saw that a glowing orange Omni-blade had pierced him. He looked up and saw the owner of the blade glaring at him; he let out a gargled scream as Ariana twisted the blade inside him, which shredded his organs.

Ariana yanked the blade from his stomach and he fell to his knees as his guts poured out of the massive wound. She then swept her arm in an arc which sliced through the soldiers throat and blood spewed from his neck as his severed head landed on the ground and rolled away.

Ariana watched the body hit the ground and then she staggered forward as a concussive shot slammed into her back. She turned around and glared at the soldier who had fired the round, the man was desperately trying to reload before the death machine in front of him would make him join the three dead soldiers. His hands were shaking violently as the woman slowly walked towards him with hatred in her eyes. Due to his shaking, he dropped the round and at that moment, he knew that he was fucked, moments later Ariana was able to rip the weapon away from the soldier and she tossed it effortlessly over her shoulder.

"P-please d-don't kill me." The man begged.

"You made your bed when you joined Cerberus, now you have to lie in it."

The soldier's eyes widened in fear and he threw his right fist at Shepard's head in a desperate attempt to save himself. Ariana easily stopped the punch and then slammed her fist into the man's helmet, which sent him crashing to the ground. He put a hand to his helmet as a skull-splitting headache plagued him; he then looked up only to see the barrel of a shotgun pointing straight at him. Ariana squeezed the trigger and the man's head exploded in a shower of blood, bone and flesh, which coated her armour in gore.


The sounds of two pairs of armoured boots behind her drew Ariana's attention; she quickly turned around with her shotgun ready to blow them away however, she lowered her gun when she saw that it was Ashley and Vega. Ariana ignored the pair who were staring at the corpses surrounding her; she entered the Mars base and Ashley and Vega who had snapped out of their shock when they heard the doors to the base open were right behind her.

The doors closed behind the trio, the depressurisation process started, and after a minute, it ended. Ariana took off her helmet and she turned around to see the Ashley and Vega still looking at her with shocked expressions.

"What's wrong with you two?" Ariana snapped.

"That was a bit… extreme don't you think Commander." Vega said.

"He was part of Cerberus, he deserved whatever he got." Ariana replied.

"Shepard do you know what Cerberus are doing here?" Ashley asked.

"No I don't. Why would I?" Ariana replied.

"You worked for them for a long time; it's just hard to believe that you cut ties just like that." Ashley said.

Shepard growled angrily and threw her helmet on the floor making it crack as it slammed into the metal. She then stormed over to Ashley and punched her in the face, the force behind the blow sent Ashley crashing to the floor and she held her throbbing cheek wondering whether anything was broken. Ashley looked up at Shepard and saw that she was sending her the same hateful glare that she had sent at Saren just before putting a bullet in his skull.

"I'm sick to death of this same old shit Ashley. I am not working for Cerberus and I never did. I worked with them to take down the Collectors since no other fucker wanted to help me. There is nothing I'd like more than to put a bullet in the Illusive man's smug face."

Ariana stormed away from Ashley before she could say anything in response, she didn't care about any apologies or excuses Ashley had. She only cared about saving Liara and getting the hell off this barren rock.


Notes

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